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Category D Sheet 0004/9706

Brain Disease
Alcohol

Alcohol continuously destroys brain cells, even if taken in small quantities. Chronic alcoholics
almost always have the following things in common: a disinterested good nature, often with a child-
like personality, and a simple trust, which can suddenly turn into aggression, crying or erratic
behaviour without provocation. This is not only due to the acute alcohol intake, but is almost always
a result of the destruction of brain cells which is irreversible. The destruction of large parts of the
brain eventually leads to complete stupefaction. Pharmaceutical drug poisoning and chronic drug
abuse have similar effects on brain activity.

Question, Sieglinde B., Gar- Young people's brains are espe-

What misch: My doctor criticised me for

allowing my 13-year-old son to
have a 'double' every now and
alcohol again. He said alcohol consumed
as a child leads to brain damage.
Answer: I can keep the answer
does to the short in this case. Your doctor is
one hundred percent right. I think it
brain is simply irresponsible of you, as a
mother, to allow a 13-year-old
child to consume high amounts of
alcohol.
cially at risk, because the blood-
brain-barrier (which only closes at
17 or 18 years old) is still open. In
addition, here is a figure which
clarifies just how dangerous such
alcohol intake is for children: A
drunken stupor permanently de-
stroys up to seven million brain
cells in an adult. It is even more
dangerous for a child because, as
mentioned earlier, the blood-brain-
barrier is still open.

Translated from the German: "Gehirnkrankheiten"

Source: Sprechstunde, Dr. med. A. Sequeira

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